Ketanji Brown Jackson defends against Republican’s claims on child abuse sentences

Supreme court nominee responds to Josh Hawley's accusations, which have have been debunked as false, at Senate hearing

• Ketanji Brown Jackson faces questions on second day of confirmation hearings - live updates

Ketanji Brown Jackson gave a passionate defense of her sentencing of child sexual abuse imagery offenders as a rebuttal to Republican attacks that she has been unduly lenient in such cases, as her confirmation hearings for a seat on the US supreme court entered a critical second day.

In the course of some harsh questioning, Jackson strongly rejected claims that were first made last weekby Josh Hawley, the Republican senator from Missouri.